2 Puerto Rico nonprofits to take part in FCC cybersecurity pilot program
January 20, 2025
The three-year pilot program will explore use of universal service funds to improve school and library defenses against cyberattacks. #NewsismyBusiness
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Ford establishes Robotics Centers at Sor Isolina Ferré Centers
October 1, 2024
The initiative was part of Ford Global Caring Month. #NewsismyBusiness
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Centros Sor Isolina Ferré expands academic offering with $3.9M grant
July 5, 2021
The Centros Sor Isolina Ferré (CSFI, in Spanish) announced it has signed an agreement with the Housing Department to expand its academic offerings with the help of a $3.9 million Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program allocation, the nonprofit announced. The grant is available for a five-year period and the new academic offer builds on […]
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Centros Sor Isolina Ferré raise $23K through golf tournament
May 5, 2021
Centros Sor Isolina Ferré (CSIF) recently held the 25th edition of its golf tournament as part of fundraising initiatives to continue transforming the lives of participants and communities through education, prevention, advocacy and self-advocacy. The event that took place at the Río Mar Beach Resort en Río Grande shored up more than $23,000 for the […]
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Centro Sor Isolina Ferré ready to tee off for annual golf tourney
April 16, 2021
Centro Sor Isolina Ferré (CSIF, in Spanish) is teeing off to host its 25th annual golf tournament on April 24 at the Wyndham Grand Río Mar Beach Resort & Spa in Río Grande. Joaquín Arbona, president of the CSIF Golf Tournament Committee, said it will be held in the “two person scramble” format, starting at […]
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Centros Sor Isolina Ferré join forces with Starbucks Puerto Rico on fundraiser
March 11, 2021
Starbucks Puerto Rico announced its collaboration with Centros Sor Isolina Ferré to fundraise for the nonprofit through the sale of bracelets emblazoned with the “It’s not giving, it’s giving yourself” slogan. The cost of the bracelet is $1. “This year we have had the opportunity to benefit more communities through initiatives and programs in the […]
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Food Bank of PR, Sor Isolina Ferré Centers sponsor ‘Collection of Gratitude’
November 20, 2020
The Food Bank of Puerto Rico in alliance with the Sor Isolina Ferré Centers (CSIF, in Spanish) will be carrying out a collection of food and other personal hygiene items to deliver them to people in need, as part of the “Collection of Gratitude” initiative, in anticipation of the Thanksgiving holiday. People wanting to donate […]
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Centros Sor Isolina Ferré students get tablets for distance learning
September 25, 2020
Aware of the need that students have given the challenges presented by the need for distance learning that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought, the Sor Isolina Ferré Centers (CSIF, in Spanish) delivered tablets to students of its alternative schools in Ponce, Caimito and Guayama who did not have this tool for their education. About 100 […]
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Bayer fund grants $20K to Puerto Rico NGOs for 2nd consecutive year
July 10, 2020
Local agricultural biotechnology company, Bayer Crop Science Puerto Rico, through its Bayer Fund Grants program, recently awarded local grant donations to local non-governmental organizations focused on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) programs for the second consecutive year. The company awarded a total of $20,000 to the Sor Isolina Ferré Centers (CSIF, in Spanish) and […]
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Bayer Puerto Rico, Sor Isolina Ferré Centers team up for donations
June 24, 2020
Bayer Puerto Rico joined the Sor Isolina Ferré Centers to support the nonprofit’s participation in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “Farmers to Families Food Box Program,” by donating 1,000 face masks and 1,861 over-the-counter medications. The items were distributed with the USDA food boxes in several communities in the town of Juana Díaz. The Food […]
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Centros Sor Isolina Ferré promotes English-language proficiency
March 8, 2019
Centros Sor Isolina Ferré is offering an English Immersion program to help participants improve their proficiency in the second language. The program started as an initiative financed by Ashton Soniat, founder and chief officer of Dufossat Capital, who moved to the island after the enactment of Acts 20/22. His donation of more than $48,000 made […]
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Nonprofits join to deliver ‘science to your community’
June 20, 2016
The Centros Sor Isolina Ferré and the Amgen Foundation announced recently they will join forces to deliver sciences to more than 350 public high school students in low-income communities through its “Ciencia Móvil” mobile lab.
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